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He/she could be shy, or feel intimidated by the level of conversation here (not wanting to comment since not wanting to appear inexpert in a crowd of experts). I have felt this way on forums before, and have hung around for a while before making my first post.

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That's a fair reason why they might not be submitting, but is still not a reason why they should be given karma.

Also, they say they've been here a couple of years, and their account is nearly six months old. Then the first post is asking for karma.

So still, perhaps it's harsh, perhaps you're willing to upvote the submission to give them that karma - no doubt others will - but I still ask the question.

I absolutely agree with your statement. I've been reading and 'lurking' for about 3 years before I figured I wanted to start upvoting, save posts and maybe post some things. I just haven't gotten my ass around my head and done it yet... So when a friend of mine invited me to keybase and told me to link my accounts I thought I would do so. Only problem is that I couldn't do so since I have no karma.

I hope that is a fair enough explanation, but I would love to elaborate more when I'm done at work!

That's fair enough, and I've now clicked the "upvote" arrow, but I don't see any increase in your karma. Votes don't always match karma - there are other forces as work - so you may have to wait till some more important people actually upvote your post or comments.

Oh well. Then I guess I'll have to find some topics and start posting/commenting. Thank you anyway :)

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